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Windows 7: Does it take over 5 hours to 'check' a years worth of updates ?

My brothers W7 Pro laptop was last updated Jan 2015, he was then diagnosed with Alzheimer and so the laptop got a bit forgotten about.

Anyway, I decided to charge it back up and see if it still worked, it did and started the Windows Update 'Checking for Updates.....' with the green sliding bar. It has now been running about 5 hours and is still 'Checking for Updates......

I do not know if this is a realistic time scale or if Update is having a bit of a wobbly, or its stuck somewhere going nowhere. Any suggestions?

Thanks for fast reply GEWB, I have another 6 hours or so to go before bed so hope it will be finished by then.....
I did not want to leave it on charge overnight if not finished but will have to I suppose or lose what it has already 'checked' Just installed new smoke detectors so hope this won't test them!!

Thanks for fast reply GEWB, I have another 6 hours or so to go before bed so hope it will be finished by then.....
I did not want to leave it on charge overnight if not finished but will have to I suppose or lose what it has already 'checked' Just installed new smoke detectors so hope this won't test them!!

Install them in goups of no more than 10-15 at a time, starting with the oldest ones first.

Good advice for 95% of the members out here!

As for me, time to delete the VDI image as I have no use for another Windows installation - I still have seven installations of five versions but most of my work is now done under Linux Mint (except Adobe RoboHelp, Lightroom and Corel VidioStudio).

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